Susan McQueen has been known by many names. This one is just her most recent. Swift changes of names is vital to someone who is a fugitive and on the run. A fugitive is exactly what Susan has been for the last 16 years. She has lived in many places, always careful not to let people get to know her too well. That does not mean that she has not had friends because she has, but those friends only know her as the person she is at that point in time.

Real name, Tina Adler, is a computer hacker of the highest order as her father once was before getting caught and going to prison. She had helped him 16 years ago to pull off an online heist to the tune of ten million dollars and has been running ever since. Although she took a very long break from computers once she went on the run, Tina has been at it again after making it across the Canadian border without being detected.

She is also a rather impressive artist, which is how she has been making a living since being on the run. There is only one person who knows her real identity and she has never met him in person. They only keep in touch through a special hacker chat room online. One day as she is checking for their special coded message to each other, she realizes that someone is "shadowing" her. In other words, her laptop has been hacked. This person also seems to know who Tina really is and wants a staggering amount of money for keeping quiet. Not only that, but the shadow has promised to kill two people who mean everything to her.

It looks like Tina is going on the run again. This time she is being chased by both her dangerous shadow as well as the FBI, both of who keep getting closer all the time. She must outfox both at the same time, but will she be able to meet the shadow's deadline in time to save the lives of her friends as well as herself?

SHADOWED is the perfect book for those readers who love spine tingling, on the edge of your seat action. Tina Adler is somewhat of an anti-heroine in that she has done something wrong and illegal in her past. However, there were reasons for what she did and she has been paying for it ever since by not being allowed to have normal life. You will not dislike her, though. In fact, you will cheer her on as she does what she needs to do in order to survive.

It was only when I had finished SHADOWED that I learned it was a part of a series. That being said, this is easily a standalone book but now I really want to read the others in this series. SHADOWED could become a weekly television medium as all of the elements and characters are perfectly set up for it.

Karen E. Olson has crafted a very compelling and exciting plot that you will want to dive right into the middle of and feel a bit lost when the experience ends. From the beginning action to the final page, SHADOWED has it all! You become Ms. Olson's newest fan.

Book Summary

Computer hacker ‘Nicole Jones’ finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy in this tense and twisting novel of identity and suspense

The computer hacker formerly known as Nicole Jones is now living as Susan McQueen on a remote island in Quebec, Canada. She is living a quiet life, working as an artist – but she has not given up her computer. While in an online chatroom, she sees a shadow – someone is inside her laptop, watching her every move, and somehow knows exactly who she is.

Afraid that he will track her down, Susan is on the run again – but from whom? Is it the FBI or someone associated with her past crime sixteen years before? Making her way across the border and back to the USA, some unsettling discoveries make Susan realize that she won’t be able to escape her past a second time.

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